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what's the newsgroup server here?
news.unicyclist.com? -- Sofa - you - pee - dee 'A circus clown is just a carny who's too stupid to flip a ride switch on and off. Now, you take a circus clown, roll him on the barn floor, kick him in the head a couple hundred times, and what have you got?' - Hank Hill 'Unicycle Product Reviews' (http://tinyurl.com/368h6) *107* reviews on *72* products 'London Unicycling Club Website ' (http://www.brianmackenzie.com/LUC/) version 3.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sofa's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/706 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/33298 |
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what's the newsgroup server here?
I think its rec.sport.unicycling -- mango - unity - as 1 stand together http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albuv16 "...I speculated that if we all got to know each other, one lawn mower would be enough for any neighborhood." -Keith Cash ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mango's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3892 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/33298 |
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what's the newsgroup server here?
that's it, thanks how'd they come up with that one ??? -- Sofa - you - pee - dee [image: http://www.brianmackenzie.com/sigmov.gif] 'Unicycle Product Reviews' (http://tinyurl.com/368h6) *107* reviews on *72* products 'London Unicycling Club Website ' (http://www.brianmackenzie.com/LUC/) version 3.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sofa's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/706 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/33298 |
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what's the newsgroup server here?
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:08:45 -0500, "Sofa" wrote:
news.unicyclist.com? Are you asking the newsgroup? Mango answered that one. Or are you asking what server Gilby uses? There are several names that look like server names in the header of the messages from unicyclist.com as they appear on usenet. It used to be the server of the university that Gilby was in. Now, I don't know, ask Gilby if that is what you want to know. I don't think he has his own news server (like you implied with that name news.unicyclist.com). Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- I was right when I made the mistake. - doofe |
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my bad, i just meant the new group, not the newsgroup server. thanks for the clarification (methinks the newsgroup will be more work-friendly ) -- Sofa - you - pee - dee [image: http://www.brianmackenzie.com/sigmov.gif] 'Unicycle Product Reviews' (http://tinyurl.com/368h6) *107* reviews on *72* products 'London Unicycling Club Website ' (http://www.brianmackenzie.com/LUC/) version 3.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sofa's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/706 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/33298 |
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Sofa wrote:
that's it, thanks how'd they come up with that one ??? Meaning the ng name, rec.sport.unicycling. With extensive discussion on the mailing list beforehand, as I recall. There are links to the archives he URL:http://www.unicycling.org/discuss/ if you really, really want to look at those discussions. I remember following the discussions in 1994 and 95, I got the impression the matter had been discussed a fair bit before I joined the list as well. The RFD (Request For Discussion) on newsgroup creation was posted on 23 March 1995: URL:http://tinyurl.com/2opz2 It was anticipated that people would argue for the group to be placed in the alt. hierarchy, but a lot of people on the mailing list felt strongly that this shouldn't happen. Part of the reason for the newsgroup was to help unicycling become more mainstream. It was felt that people coming to unicycling for the first time would take a rec. group more seriously than an alt. group. rec.sport was felt to be more appropriate than rec.arts. Most non-unicyclists would regard unicycling more as an art than a sport, but I think most people here would feel differently. Also, there was a lot of discussion at the time about a long term goal of seeing unicycling as an olympic sport. So the group had to go in the rec.sport hierarchy. You can probably guess where the unicycling part of the name came from ;-) -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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Thanks Danny, although my question was in jest (I figured it was r.s.u because the forum was r.s.u) your reply was very informative, and the heirachial format of the newsgroups was quite interesting Thanks! -- Sofa - you - pee - dee [image: http://www.brianmackenzie.com/sigmov.gif] 'Unicycle Product Reviews' (http://tinyurl.com/368h6) *107* reviews on *72* products 'London Unicycling Club Website ' (http://www.brianmackenzie.com/LUC/) version 3.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sofa's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/706 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/33298 |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:43:57 -0500, "Sofa" wrote:
Thanks Danny, although my question was in jest (I figured it was r.s.u because the forum was r.s.u) The newsgroup predates the forum by many years, the forum was launched only in March 2001. So the naming after was the other way round. But you understood that already. Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- I was right when I made the mistake. - doofe |
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RSU = recreation.sport.unicycling -- leo - errorist Leo Vandewoestijne [-lay?oh! fun-duh-wwho-styne-uhh-] 'unicycle.net' (http://www.unicycle.net/) 866-UNI-CYCL European Elections 2004: -Belgium: over 1,000,000 votes (24%) for (allmost forbidden) right-wing party Vlaams Blok. I don't think Bush or Rumsfeld ever would start talking about "the old Europe" again...- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/224 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/33298 |
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On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 02:11:50 -0500, "leo" wrote:
RSU = recreation.sport.unicycling No, it's rec.sport.unicycling. If you mean that rec stands for recreation you're right but the abbreviation as opposed to the full word is in the name of the newsgroup (hierarchy). Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- I was right when I made the mistake. - doofe |
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